English Language Broadcast - Warhol & Vijande: pop-art in post-Francoist Spain - 04/07/24

English Language Broadcast

During the 80s a transition period was happening in Spain. The end of the dictatorship brought a new freedom to the Spanish people that led to movements like "La movida madrileña", influenced by punk and rock and with colourful and sometimes even carnoonish aesthetics. During these hectic times the capital of the country received the visit of one of the figures that matched the dynamism and vibrancy of the counter-cultural landscape.

Andy Warhol arrived in Spain in 1983 on occasion of the exhibition "Pistolas, Cuchillos y Cruces" (pistols, knives and crosses) developed for the Gallery Fernando Vijande. Now, the Collection Suñol Soler in the museum Lázaro Galdiano organized an exhibition to remember the time Warhol visited Spain by the hand of Fernando Vijande. To tell us more about this visit and its impact on post-Francoist Spain, we visited the museum and spoke with Rodrigo Navia-Osorio Vijande, son of Fernando Vijande and president of the Colección Suñol Soler.

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